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	Nekheb
		The city enclosure rests across the Nile from Nekhen and is situated on the east bank, measuring approximately 550 meters by 550 meters and is surrounded by mud-brick walls.
		Nekheb was also the home of the vulture goddess Nekhbet who, with the cobra goddess Wadjit of Buto, were the tutelary goddesses of Egyptian kings.
		The earliest settlements within Nekheb date to around 6,000 bce and during the Pre and Early Dynastic Periods the city's closeness to Nekhen would have made it an important center of political, military and religious activity.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Places/Place/419154 (510 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Nekhbet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Egyptian mythology, Nekhbet (of Nekheb) was an early, predynastic, local vulture-goddess, patron of the city of Nekheb.
		Later, like Buto, she became patron of the pharaohs, in her case becoming the personification of Upper Egypt, and thus said to be the wife of Hapy, the god of the nile.
		Later, like Wadjet, she became patron of the pharaohs, in her case becoming the personification of Upper Egypt, and thus said to be the wife of Hapy, the god of the nile.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nekhbet (675 words)

	Nekhbet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was seen as a goddess who had chosen to adopt the city, and consequently depicted as a vulture, a creature that the Egyptians thought only existed as females, having to adopt children.
		Later, like Wadjet, she became patron of the pharaohs, in her case becoming the personification of Upper Egypt, and thus said to be the wife of Hapy, the god of the nile.
		Egypt’s oldest oracle was the shrine of Nekhbet at Nekheb, the original necropolis or city of the dead.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nekhbet (277 words)

	Ahmose, son of Ebana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		His autobiography has survived intact on the wall of his tomb and has proven a valuable source of information on the late 17th Dynasty and the early 18th Dynasty of Egypt.
		Ahmose was born in the city of Nekheb.
		During the war to expel the Hyksos from Egypt, Ahmose decided to follow in his father Ebana's footsteps, and he enlisted in the navy during the reign of Tao II Seqenre.
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~umwieb43/cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi/010110A/http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmose,_son_of_Ebana (318 words)

	Nekhebet Godess of Vultures - www.ezboard.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Her primary cult centres are located in the ancient cities of Nekheb (Elkab) and Nekhen (Hierakonpolis), situated across each other on both banks of the Nile in the South of Upper-Egypt.
		Her head was mounted on the nemes-headdress of rulers alongside Wadjet's uraeus or cobra-head (witness the beautiful vulture on the forehead of King Tutankhamen's funerary mask), and a vulture-headdress was worn by the chief queen/consort from the New Kingdom forward, identifying her both with Nekhbet and with Mut of Uaset."
		Her name means 'she of Nekheb.' Nekhbet was depicted as a woman, either with the vulture headdress, or with the head of a vulture.
	p200.ezboard.com /fsurvivoronline9frm38.showMessage?topicID=15.topic (452 words)

	El Kab (Nekheb) and Kom el-Ahmar (Nekhbet), along with the Temple of Thoth in Egypt
		In general, this area is called El Kab but it is really the two ancient cities of Nekheb El Kab on the east bank of the Nile River and the older Nekhen, now known as Kom el Ahmar (the Red Mound) on the opposite bank.
		The city was protected by the goddess Nekhbet (the white goddess).
		There are actually two sections to Nekheb, which lies on a plain situated at the mouth of a wadi.
	www.touregypt.net /elkab.htm (569 words)

	Welcome to the City of Nekheb!
		Nekheb was one of the first major cities of the Early Dynastic period, and is home to the cult center of the vulture-goddess Nekhbet.
		Prehistoric rock carvings at "vulture rock" and the chapel of Amenhotep III are located to the east of the city.
		Nekhbet (patron of Nekheb, see the Temple of Nekhbet), is almost always shown as a Griffon Vulture.
	www.angelfire.com /tx/nekheb (442 words)

	Nekhbet
		The Egyptian vulture-goddess of the city of Nekheb in Upper Egypt, the Eileithyaspolis of the Greeks, and the modern Al-Kâb.
		As the protectress of the infant monarch she was referred to as the "Great White Cow of Nekheb".
		Article "Nekhbet" created on 04 March 1997; last modified on 25 July 1999 (Revision 2).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/n/nekhbet.html (175 words)

	Eileithyiaspolis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eileithyiaspolis (Latin: Eileithuia) is an ancient town of Egypt, located at modern-day el-Kab on the east side of the Nile, 90 km south of Luxor, on the road to Edfu.
		It is the site of the ancient city Nekheb, the companion city to Nekhen.
		The city is surrounded by a massive mud-brick wall, thought to have been built by Nectanebo II as a defensive measure.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nekheb (154 words)

	Nekheb Enciclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nekheb (o Nekhab) o Eileithyiaspolis (avui Al-Kab o El-Kab) es una ciutat d'Egipte a la vora del riu Nil, al sud de Luxor i al nord d'Edfú.
		Egyptian goddess, the vulture goddess of el-Kab (Nekheb) and the titulary goddess of Upper Egypt.
		What distinguished one from another was his relation to a particular community: He of Edfu, She of Nekheb, suffices for a designation, and some of the gods never got any other.
	catalan.enciclopedia.cc /topic/Nekheb.html (877 words)

	The Goddess Nekhbet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Her primary cult centres are located in the ancient cities of Nekheb (Elkab) and Nekhen (Hierakonpolis), situated across each other on both banks of the Nile in the South of Upper-Egypt.
		Her name means 'the one of Nekheb.' Her most important epithet 'the White One of Nekhen' relates her to Hierakonpolis.
		Her name means 'she of Nekheb.' Nekhbet was depicted as a woman, either with the vulture headdress, or with the head of a vulture.
	www.ziarah.net /nekhbet.html (453 words)

	info: Nekheb (Site not responding. Last check: )
		El Kab (Nekheb) and Kom el-Ahmar (Nekhbet), along with the Temple of...
		NekhbetThe Egyptian vulture-goddess of the city of Nekheb in Upper Egypt, the Eileithyaspolis of the Greeks...
		The Egyptian vulture-goddess of the city of Nekheb in Upper Egypt, the Eileithyaspolis of the...
	www.napoli-pizza.net /Nekheb.html (366 words)

	Ancient Egypt - Early cities; Abydos, Thinis, Hierakonpolis, Buto
		Abydos, Thinis (This), Nekhen (Hierakonpolis), Nekheb, Buto (Edjo, Wadjet, Pe)
		Worth mentioning in this context is the city of Nekheb, on the opposite bank of the Nile, where the vulture goddess
		The shrine of Wadjet, the Per-nu or Per-neser, meaning the 'house of flame', is attested from predynastic times, and at el-Kab the shrine of Nekhbet, the Per-wer, meaning 'the Great House', is attested by her possible presence at the Narmer macehead.
	www.philae.nu /akhet/FirstCities.html (1324 words)

	Admiral Ahmose
		Ahmose, son of Ebana, was born in the town of Nekheb.
		He served under the reigns of three kings - Ahmose I, Amenhotep I, and Thutmose I. His career started in the war against the Hyksos under Ahmose I. He followed Ahmose and his successors, Amenhotep I and Thutmose I on campaigns in Nubia, Palestine and Syria, during which he distinguished himself for his bravery.
		His biography is written in his tomb at El Kab (the ancient Nekheb) and is one of our most important documents for the history of the early 18th dynasty.
	home.prcn.org /~sfryer/Egyptian/Ahmose.html (140 words)

	Nekhbet - ArchaeoWiki (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nekhbet was the vulture goddess of the ancient Egyptian city of Nekheb (modern Elkab).
		In the form of a serpent, Nekhbet is normally made to wear the White Crown of Upper Egypt in order to aid her identification and emphasise her regional identity.
		A large cult sanctuary at Nekheb was dedicated to the worship of Nekhbet from earliest times, though very little has survived the passage of time.
	www.archaeowiki.org /Nekhbet (228 words)

	Early History of the Silent Striders of the Wheel Renewed
		In the early 1940s, Nekheb passed a particularly difficult Rite of Passage, and was the only one who survived from a group of three.
		A jackal cub, child of a Strider Philodox and a Kinfolk jackal, was born in Kenya.
		Nekheb was seen to take another path altogether, and disappeared from the Wheel completely.
	home.comcast.net /~brian.landwehr/Mush/Garou/Strider/strider1.html (5130 words)

	Esna (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nekheb lies on the east bank of the Nile, is around 6000 years old, and contains the remains of the temple of Nekhbet, a Roman temple, and a sacred lake.
		On the other side of the Nile, are the remains of ancient settlement of Nekhen, which is even older than Nekheb.
		Nekheb and Nekhen are not an essential part of discovering Upper Egypt.
	library.thinkquest.org /27265/ppf/esna.htm (277 words)

	Nekhbet
		She was seen as a goddess who had chosen to adopt the city, and consequently depicted as a vulture, a creature that the Egyptians thought only existed as females, having to adopt children.
		Nekhbet was usually depicted hovering with her wings spread above the royal image, clutching a shem symbol in her claws (representing infinity).
		In some texts of the Book of the Dead, Nekhbet is referred to as Father of Fathers, Mother of Mothers, who hath existed from the Beginning, and is Creatrix of this World.
	en.explicatus.org /wiki/Nekhbet (245 words)

	Nekheb
		Nekheb is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Ahmose, son of Ebana served in the Egyptian military under the pharaohs: Tao II Seqenenre, Ahmose, Amenhotep I, and Thutmose I. His autobiography has survived intact on the wall of his tomb and has proven a valuable source of information on the late 17th Dynasty and the early 18th Dynasty of Egypt.
		Ahmose was born in the city of Nekheb.
	www.experiencefestival.com /nekheb (255 words)

	Shechem and Sodom
		It is still not obvious who Gaal son of Ebed of the Judges narrative is. Equating Zabul with Shem-Eber also seems to be a bit of a stretch, but not necessarily impossible.
		Nekheb is directly across the Nile from Nekhen.
		Or, you might consider the nearby city of Esna/Iunyt as a candidate for Sodom.
	www.domainofman.com /forum/index.cgi?noframes;read=895 (360 words)

	EgyptSites - El-Kab
		The ancient town of Nekheb was called Eleithyiaspolis in classical times and comprises of monuments spanning periods of Egyptian history from Predynastic through to Ptolemaic.
		Paheri was a Mayor of Nekheb during Dynasty XVIII.
		A mayor of Nekheb during the reign of Amenhotep I, Renni's tomb depicts the usual agricultural scenes, banquet scenes and funeral procession.
	egyptsites.co.uk /upper/edfu/elkab.html (1285 words)

	Eternal Egypt - Goddesses of Ancient Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nekhbet was the patroness of Upper Egypt, shown as a woman with a vulture's head or as a vulture wearing the double crown.
		She was the goddess of Nekheb or El Kab near Edfu.
		Nut was the sky goddess, wife of Geb of the Earth.
	www.eternalegypt.org /EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.display.module&story_id=&module_id=169&language_id=1 (550 words)

	Egyptian Godesses : Horus Egypt Posters Goddess Godesses
		Egyptian godesses is still interested in the eye of the primeval earth-god represented as the ibis-headed god identified with hephaestus.
		Nun nu god as a scorpion on the great protector of mendes in genesis so god of nekheb modern el-kab tutelary deity the chaos the judgment.
		Egyptian gods aspiring to cleanse the absolute point of nekheb modern el-kab tutelary deity which prepared the egyptian gods and godesses.
	www.devipress.com /articles/egyptian-godesses/?horus-egypt-posters-goddess-godesses (414 words)

	Places in Egypt: Upper Egypt
		Al KÄb---this region refers to two ancient sites on either side of the Nile, Nekheb on the east and Nekhen on the west.
		Nekheb was dedicated to the vulture goddess, Nekhbet, patron goddess of Upper Egypt.
		Nekhen served for sometime as the capital of Upper Egypt and was dedicated to the falcon god Horus; however, the city was later supplanted in importance by Edfu.
	cnx.org /content/m14019/latest (1752 words)

	Ahmose, son of Ebana - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site (Site not responding. Last check: )
		His autobiography has survived intact on the wall of his tomb and has proven a valuable source of information on the late 17th Dynasty and the early 18th Dynasty.
		Ahmose was born in the city of Nekheb.
		During the war to expel the Hyksos from Egypt, Ahmose decided to follow in his father's, Ebana, foot steps and he enlisted in the navy during the reign of Tao II Seqenre.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=574660 (325 words)

	EgyptSites - El-Kab
		The ancient town of Nekheb was called Eleithyiaspolis in classical times and comprises of monuments spanning periods of Egyptian history from Predynastic through to Ptolemaic.
		Paheri was a Mayor of Nekheb during Dynasty XVIII.
		A mayor of Nekheb during the reign of Amenhotep I, Renni's tomb depicts the usual agricultural scenes, banquet scenes and funeral procession.
	www.egyptsites.co.uk /upper/edfu/elkab.html (1286 words)

	Neferchichi's Tomb at neferchichi.com
		Nekhbet was originally the local goddess of Nekheb, the capital of the third nome of Upper Egypt.
		She gained prominence when Nekheb merged with neighboring city Hierakonpolis which was the home to the Upper Egyptian royalty at the time.
		Nekhbet came to symbolize all of Upper Egypt, appearing as a pair with Wadjet, the cobra goddess of Lower Egypt.
	www.neferchichi.com /nekhbet.html (158 words)

	Tomb of Paheri - El Kab - Egypt (2)
		The offerings from the beginning of the seasons and which is left at the altar daily, for the Ka of the nomarch of Nekheb, Paheri, justified.
		[......] for the Ka of the governor of Nekheb (= El Kab), for the governor of Anyt (= Esna), responsible of the grain of Ant (= Denderah) to Nekheb, the most attentive, and devoid of fatigue, the scribe, Paheri, justified.
		Paheri, grandson of the prestigious Ahmose son of Abana, doesn't fail to ensure the connection, as in the tomb of this famous ancestor view 51.
	www.osirisnet.net /tombes/el_kab/pahery/e_pahery2.htm (4344 words)

	The Global Egyptian Museum \| E.7075
		It could be that this statue was a votive offering to Nekhbet, the vulture-goddess of Nekheb, the present town of Elkab, just like the two vultures on a wooden socle which the Belgian excavations of 1938 have discovered in the foundations south of the temple of the goddess.
		Probabilmente questa statuetta era un'offerta votiva a Nekhbet, la dea-avvoltoio di Nekheb, l'attuale città di Elkab, così come lo erano i due avvoltoi con base che gli scavi belga del 1938 hanno scoperto nelle fondazioni meridionali del tempio della dea.
		Pode ser que esta estatueta seja uma oferenda votiva à deusa abutre de Nekheb, a actual localidade de Elkab, como os dois abutres sobre pedestal em madeira, descobertos durante as escavaçöes belgas de 1938 nas fundaçöes da parte sul do templo da deusa.
	www.globalegyptianmuseum.org /record.aspx?id=1196 (791 words)

	The Global Egyptian Museum \| Elkab (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Elkab is located on the east bank of the Nile, about 80 kilometres south of Luxor.
		Monuments have been found here from all periods of Egyptian history, from the Predynastic Period down to Coptic times.
		Nekhbet ('She of Nekheb') was the tutelary goddess of the city.
	www.globalegyptianmuseum.com /glossary.aspx?id=146 (199 words)

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